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Legendary Nigerian hit maker, Don Jazzy has spoken on how he built his music empire to the level of being one of AFrica's best and enviable label.


Don Jazzy, the CEO and President of one of Africa's largest and most prominent music record label in Africa, Mavin Records, has revealed secrets to his success story.

In a recent chat, Don Jazzy revealed the secret of his label’s success.

He said, “I think I was born to do this. There are other record labels doing well also but in my research, I don’t think there’s any record label that’s as passionate about the careers of their artistes as much as I am.

"I’m over passionate about my artistes. Until the last man blows, I am not happy, I think about their success before I think about making money, but most labels are always interested in making back the money they’ve invested and making profit. Don’t you ever worry about the money you spend and the possibility of not recouping it.”

He further spoke about his non-greedy approach to artiste management .

“I believe in the talent that God has given me, and I believe I’ll make many more hit songs, so if you believe in what you are doing and you work very hard, money will come. You don’t need to be greedy and expect to make all the money in the world when your artiste is not making money. Sometimes my lawyers tell me the way my artiste contract is set up is wrong because I’m cheating myself with the sharing formula, but I don’t think I’m cheating myself. I think I’m making my artiste very comfortable and in the long run, we’ll be fine because I care more about my name and the glory than the money, but most labels care more about the money than the glory.”

The ace music producer did not give the exact figure he has invested in his artistes, but however, said he has made ‘stupid’ money in the business, so much so that he is comfortable.

His record label oversees the musical career of six artistes including Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, D Prince, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello and Di’ja; seven, if you include Don Jazzy himself.

The yet to be released Ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly sparking controversy amongst the nation's political big guns.

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, are reportedly at logger heads over the formation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.

It was learnt that the first casualty in the war between the two politicians was the former Lagos state commissioner for finance and a nominee of Tinubu into the cabinet, Wale Edun.

According to New Telegraph Edun, who Tinubu had suggested to Buhari as minister of finance, has been overlooked despite being screened by the security service.

He is to be replaced by the former Lagos state commissioner for budget and economic planning, Yemi Cardoso, as a Lagos representative in the cabinet. Obasanjo, together with Ibikunle Amosun, the Ogun state governor, also reportedly opposed Tinubu’s decision to ensure Edun became the Ogun state appointee.

The former president reportedly called Tinubu and urged him to stop pushing Edun as the Ogun state nominee. He was said to have cautioned that Ogun people would not let Tinubu fill the slot of the state with somebody whose work and career were rooted in Lagos state.

Obasanjo and Amosun have decided to give the state’s slot in the cabinet to a former PDP national auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha. Insiders said the two recent visits of Obasanjo to Buhari in Abuja were first to submit his ministerial list and for further discussions.

Appointees of the former president in Buhari’s cabinet comprise the former Osun state governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun); the former governor of Ekiti state and now the deputy national chairman (South) of the APC, Chief Segun Oni (Ekiti); Mustapha (Ogun), the former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili and the erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

The source further said: “Tinubu and Akande’s visit to President Buhari on September 9 was an impromptu meeting. An influential official in the presidency told them of Obasanjo’s surreptitious moves to corner the ministerial nominees from the South-West. This is why the two leaders visited.”

“On Obasanjo’s ministerial list, former Governor Oyinlola featured just as his name featured from the list submitted from the state. There was no resistance to Oyinlola’s nominee because that was part of the agreement before his defection from the PDP to the APC. The party has fulfilled one leg of the agreement by ceding the senatorial slot to Senator Isiaka Adeleke who also defected from PDP to the APC,” a significant member of the APC said.

There are indications that there is a cold war within President Buhari's adhoc cabinet. Sources close to the presidency say that a rift of power exists between VP Osinbajo and Governor El Rufai .

Source : http://www.tori.ng/news/8861/cabinet-controversy-how-vp-osinbajo-humiliated-elr.html

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